The Lord Trees
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Trees's full title is The Lord Trees. His name is Alexander John Trees, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
1 Content(0.6%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
160 didn't vote(98.8%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-10
Farming and Food Production
My Lords—
2026-06-10
Farming and Food Production
My Lords, bovine TB is one of the most serious challenges facing our cattle farmers in England, so I very much welcome the control strategy announced this morning by the Government, which makes a positive step change in the approach to that control. I h
2026-05-18
EU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related Standards
Can the Minister reassure the House that the scientific progress and eminence established in the UK on precision breeding, particularly of crops and animals, and in particular with regard to resistance to disease and environmental stressors, will be safe
2026-04-16
Farming Road Map
My Lords, the current crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has highlighted our dependence on imported fertiliser, among other things. What measures are His Majesty’s Government taking to encourage and support our farmers and our farming industry to develop a s
2026-02-12
Animal Welfare Strategy: Rural Communities
My Lords—
2026-02-12
Animal Welfare Strategy: Rural Communities
Given its mention in the animal welfare strategy, what progress have His Majesty’s Government made towards introducing a close season for the brown hare in England?
My Lords, I declare my interests as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, a former president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and, more pertinent to this debate, a former named veterinarian—more than 30 years ago, I
2026-01-13
Meat Labelling
My Lords, on the slaughter of sheep and goats in halal, there is another solution. There are modern methods of stunning for sheep and goats that are non-lethal but render the animals unconscious before killing; they are wholly consistent with Islamic req
2026-01-06
Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, I am pleased to say that it is a great pleasure and privilege to sit on this committee. I thank our chair for her huge amount of hard work and excellence in chairing; I also thank the clerking team, our policy analyst and Mark Sutton, our exper
2025-12-04
Welfare of Domestic Animals
My Lords, the breeding of dogs with extreme conformations for purely fashionable reasons causes significant, and potentially lifelong, ill health. It is illegal under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations. A new initi
My Lords, it has been a great privilege to bring forward this Bill, which seeks to prevent the illegal and low-welfare movement of pets into the UK. At Second Reading I remarked that I hoped it would be third time lucky for this Bill, and today I am thri
That the Bill do now pass.
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of comm
That the order of commitment be discharged.
2025-09-17
Deforestation
My Lords, it is not just forest commodities per se that are driving deforestation in, for example, Brazil and Australia; it involves the production of other agricultural commodities such as beef. Beef imports to the UK are rising while our indigenous pro
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for bringing the Bill to the House.
I am sure all of us have enjoyed the TV programme “One Man and His Dog” or marvelled at the skill of sheepdogs and shepherds working with very mobile and awkward an
My Lords, I thank everybody who has contributed to this fairly short but extremely entertaining and good debate about this Bill. There have been some excellent contributions. The passion and enthusiasm for improving animal welfare is a wonderful thing an
My Lords, I hope that noble Lords will know of my enduring commitment to animal welfare. As a veterinary surgeon and co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, I have tried to be a vocal advocate on a range of animal health and wel
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2025-07-08
Forest Risk Commodities
My Lords, analysis by Global Witness shows that the UK’s imports of cattle products are associated with the highest levels of deforestation, yet it is predicted for 2025 that beef imports to the UK will rise by 12%, while our own beef production will fal
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I too will speak to Amendment 53A, but first I thank the Minister and her team for their Amendment 49 and the consequential amendments, which will improve this Bill substantially. I thank her for the helpful letter about assistance dogs, which
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
I rise to support Amendment 48 in the name of my noble friends Lord Kinnoull and Lord de Clifford. It is a short amendment but, hopefully, could have a long impact. It would allow tenants in social housing some of the benefits with regard to keeping a pe
2025-06-17
International Vaccine Programmes: Funding
My Lords, nearly every minute a child dies from malaria somewhere in the world. That death toll is easily remedied by the application of vaccination—vaccines which we have partially produced in the UK in our industries, research institutes and academia,
2025-06-03
Farmers: Competitiveness
My Lords, does the Minister agree that competitiveness should include not just price but environmental costs? Given that our farmers can produce meat and dairy products from our sheep and cattle with substantially reduced greenhouse gas emissions than th
My Lords, it is a pleasure to be a member of this Select Committee and to speak here today. I thank our chair and our excellent staff who support our committee; they really have been outstanding. I have no major interests to declare except that I am a ve
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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British Veterinary Association/Wiley Publications, for whom the member serves as Chief Veterinary Adviser of "Veterinary Record" and "In Practice", both scientific and clinical journals serving the veterinary profession
registered 2021-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member's research assistant is provided by The Veterinary Policy Research Foundation (private company limited by guarantee) under a parliamentary veterinary internship sponsorship scheme in which the following provide sponsorship funding: Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; National Office of Animal Health; Medivet; Royal Veterinary College; Nottingham Vet School; British Veterinary Association; Liverpool Vet School; Goddard Veterinary Group; the British Small Animal Veterinary Association; Glasgow Vet School; Pets at Home Vet Group; XL Vets UK; CVS Group plc; Hird and Partners; IVC Evidensia UK; Vet Partners
registered 2014-06-24 · amended 2025-06-02
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Party history
2012-07-03 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2017-04-27
European Union Committee
2015-06-12 → 2017-04-27
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2018-06-04 → 2018-07-12
Middle Level Bill Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | RSPCA | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eggs, Pigs and Poultry
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 9 | 2024-05-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics
Subject Group
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Treasurer | British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 6 | 2024-01-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) · Malaria No More UK · Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) | 4 | 2027-03-06 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Front Foot Communications Ltd | 4 | 2027-03-11 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
3
of 3 tabled
3 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-01-21
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Public Places
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2024-10-16 | |
| Veterinary Nurses (Protection of Title) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.